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Leveraging Social Media in Your Organization
Diana Eastty, Eastty MarketingMarty Foltyn, Channel Chargers
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Abstract
Today’s X-generation infused workforce is comfortable and confident with social media in their non-professional lives and want the same access while on the job. As IT professionals, how do you- or can you- effectively bring these new methods of communication into your organization? When should you make the case for social media? And what are the right uses for social media in the organization?
This tutorial will review popular social media tools and discuss the issues involved in opening the organization to social media, with illustrations of how a company can leverage these tools for business practices.
Learning objectives:
1. Identify the social media tools that can be used to match your objectives and how to engage with online influencers2. Learn more about the social media work methods of the next generation of employees and how you can integrate their expectations and ideas into your business goals and deliverables.3. Better understand the opportunities and risks involved in an organization’s social media implementation
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Agenda
Social Media TodayWhy Social Media?Building a StrategySelecting Outposts
BloggingFacebookTwitterLinkedin
Keeping TrackResources
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Where are youwith Social Media today?
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The State of Social Media Today255 million websites
21.4M added in 2010
1.97B Internet users (14% increase in 2010)
825M – Asia475M – Europe470M – Americas110M – Africa63M – Middle East21M - Oceania
Blogs 152M Blogs (BlogPulse)
Twitter25B sent Tweets in 2010100M new accounts in 2010175M people on Twitter (9/2010)
Facebook30B pieces of content shared/month600M people on Facebook (12/2010)250M new people 201020M # of installed Apps each day 5
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Why Use Social Media
Promote yourself as a thought leaderResearch Improve customer service
InternalExternal
Learn from othersExpanding your company’s footprint
Marketing and promotionCommunity buildingTransparency
Global competition – the challenge to collaborate and engage with peers around the world in real time
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First Step – BUILD A STRATEGY
Consistent message to a diverse audience – Internal and External60% find it easier to locate knowledge on the web rather than on internal systems 59% expect social networking to make a dramatic change to business lifeStaff access to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and IM barred in 45% of organizations
7©2010 Dilbert
Source 2010 State of the ECM Industry 2010
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Build Internal Strategy
ListenWho is talking about topics related to your expertise and what are they saying?
Learn What are your goal(s) for using social media?
Awareness? Loyalty? Find new customers?
Pick One
IdentifyA Cross Functional TeamOnly include those who WANT to participate
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Build External StrategyWho
Determine who is your audienceCreate persona(s) for who you want to engage with –no more than 3
HowFigure out how they use social media and where they “hang out” online
Be RealPut a human face on - connect on a personal level
Build Build a comfort level with Social Media It’s a process – set milestonesSuccess doesn’t happen overnight
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Execute the Strategy
Select OutpostsSelect home baseFeed home base via other outposts
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We will be discussing the following outposts:
BloggingFacebookTwitterLinkedin
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Why Blog?
Build thought leadershipStand out from the crowdDemonstrate your knowledgeAn outlet to show who you and your company areRaise your brand and profile
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Blogging Best Practices
Establish editorial policyFind your voiceWrite engaging contentUse keywords in your copyPost on a regular scheduleMix it up with video blogsInclude a photo of the author(s)Link from your company’s homepageEngage with your readersMake it easy to share your content
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Why Use Facebook?
For socializing and networkingWhere you can be authenticShow your human sidePersonal and professional lines are blurredReal time discussions/feedbackAdvertise eventsConduct polls
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“Changing the world, one friend at a time”
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The Most Popular
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Facebook Facts
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Facebook Demograhics
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Facebook Best Practices
Claim your name: www.facebook.com/(YourNameHere)Understand the difference between a profile, a page and a group
Profile = describes youPage (aka “Fan Page”) = describes your businessGroups = targeted community of like interests
Know your audienceCarefully select your privacy settingsMake your profile searchableMix your status updates with professional and personal informationBuild awareness with “Fan” pagesParticipate in relevant pages and groups
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Why Use Twitter?
Motivations are mixedLearn from othersGet information in a timely fashionEasy to connection with large numbers of peopleIncrease awareness – personal or companyBoost your ego with lots of followers
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Twitter Best Practices
Claim your name –@(Your Name Here)Create a short bioAdd a photo Edit/brand your twitter backgroundLearn the lingoStart following the followers of the people you followUse hashtags (#SNWUSA)Use search.twitter.com
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Mix up your tweets!All about youAsk questions – poll the publicAnswer questionsBe a citizen journalistForward linksSpread the word
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Putting It All Together
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Best Buy.com• Online company-wide storefront• Offers landing pages for other
engagement choices
“Geek blog” • Technology news and tips from
the Geek Squadwww.facebook.com/bestbuy
• Community discussion• Product reviews & promotions
@twelpforce• Best Buy employees addressing
technical questions using twitterAlso use YouTube, Idea exchange, Forums, local store pages
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Why use Linkedin?
Network with past and present colleaguesBuild a community Stay top of mind with your customers and prospectsLocate potential customersFind your next jobHire your next employeeAttract more business
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Linkedin Best Practices
Find people you know & learn advanced searchClaim your namewww.linkedin.com/in/(Your Name Here)
Include your new URL in your email signatureAdd a photo to your profileSend connect requests regularly
Set weekly/monthly goalsJoin groups in your areas of interest
Fill in profile completely, use keywords, don’t hideUpdate your profile oftenUse Linkedin apps – SlideShare, BlogLink, others
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It’s All About Sharing Content
Where to find great contentGoogle AlertsRead blogs in your industryFacebook – create friend and fan page listsCreate twitter listsRegularly visit content curation sites like Alltop.com
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Keeping Track
iGoogleCreate your own homepage
Blog searchTechnorati, Google blogs, Alltop
Social MonitoringHootsuite, tweetdeck
Other tools:Friendfeed, Ning,Foursquare and others…
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Social Media – Pros and Cons
Yes, I need itNecessary to compete in the 21st century
Worldwide connections, competition always “on”
Social media has strategic valueEnhance brand, build connections, improve collaboration, spur innovationMcDonald’s “Social Media Chief”
No, not in my organizationSocial media has risks
System risks - Malware, impersonation and blackmail, denial of serviceSecurity risks - Who owns privacy and compliance – social media platform or your organization? People risks - Profile proliferation, TMI, Who’s behind the mask?
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Social Media Approach Meeting a new business challenge
Answers not in “systems of record” but rather “Systems of engagement”
• Web-based access, usability across a variety of hardware and software platforms, and cross-organizational collaboration
Need to invest in “IT for the middle tier”
Communication and collaboration systemsBroad and easy access to systems of record on demand Focus on moments of engagement. 262 Source: 2010 TCG Advisors, LLC
“In the Age of Facebook, organizations must redefine how they think about information management, control, and governance in order to deal with social technologies.” Geoffrey Moore
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Social Media Take AwayBottom line – social media is here and yourcompany must at a minimum manage the risks
38% of surveyed CIOs implemented a stricter social media policy vs 17% who relaxed the rules*
Understand what’s out thereWhat your employees, colleagues, and customers useWhat should you use
Be aware of broad policies Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media (US Government)
Modify your traditional policy approachThe “nuanced” social media policyBe positive and proactive - focus on what you can doCommunicate each step – build on successes
27* 2010 Robert Half Technology survey
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Remember. . . .
Companies will spend $3.1B annually on social media by 2014*95% of new media users believe companies or brands should have a social media presence89% believe that companies should interact with their consumers in this space
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Source: theconversationprism.com
*Forrester Research
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Resources
Social media resourceswww.igoogle.com - manage your activity from one placewww.mashable.com - The Social Media Guidewww.copyblogger.com - great resource for blogging tipswww.blogpulse.com - automated trend discovery for blogswww.linkedintelligence.com - all things Linkedinwww.socialmediaexaminer - guide to the social media junglehttp://www.facebook.com/help/ - How to use facebookhttp://twitter.com/help/start - How to use twitter
Top storage bloggers – do a google search, there are many to pick from - from vendors and others
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Our Contact Information
Diana Eastty, Principal, Eastty Marketing
Email: [email protected]: www.easttymarketing.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/dianaeasttyTwitter: @deastty Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/dianaeastty
Marty Foltyn – VP, Channel ChargersEmail: [email protected]: www.channelchargers.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/martyfoltynTwitter: @martyfoltynLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/martyfoltyn
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Q&A / Feedback
Please send any questions or comments on this presentation to SNIA: [email protected]
Many thanks to the following individuals for their contributions to this tutorial.
- SNIA Education Committee
Diana Eastty Laura GarciaMarty Foltyn Matt HarveyVal Bercovici Federica MonsoneKellye Crane Sunshine MugrabiRoman Diaz